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Elon Musk: How to Become an Expert in Any Field

  The co-founder and CEO of Tesla has one key strength most of us should put into practice. Elon Musk   is one of the world's smartest, richest, and most powerful people, and he's not shy about his aptitude for taking on new projects. The mastermind behind SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company is a notoriously hard worker, putting in a gruelling 85-hour workweek for his passion projects and enterprises. Musk has a restless pursuit of knowledge and a talent for applying his learning across a range of disciplines. He is the quintessential modern polymath. This  infographic from Resume.io  has collected insights from Musk and other pioneers and entrepreneurs to inspire you to pursue your own ambitions. Musk offers his key to learning and retaining new information: It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e., the trunk and big branches before you get into the leave...

The Future According to Elon Musk (Infographic)

The Future According to Elon Musk (Infographic) Plans and predictions for our world and beyond, according to the man behind SpaceX. The businesses under Elon Musk's belt, from Tesla to SpaceX to SolarCity, incubate some of the most progressive ideas in their fields, and Musk is not shy to show his confidence in the at-first seemingly outlandish ventures. Yet Musk has proven his entrepreneurial prowess and foresight time and again. Beginning in 2018, he outlined events from the beginning of commercialized space travel to the colonization of Mars. Perhaps his ideas are less science fiction and more grounded in reality than we may think. Check out the RS Components infographic below for the timeline of the future according to Elon Musk, from an AI takeover to settlements on Mars, and what to expect within our lifetimes.

17 surprising facts about Bill Gates

Most people know three things about Bill Gates: He's the  richest man  in the world He cofounded one of the most successful tech companies of all time in Microsoft He's an extremely generous philanthropist through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But despite his philanthropic efforts and  online presence , there are a lot of things about Gates that many are unaware of. Here are 17 facts you probably didn't know about Bill Gates. View As:  One Page   Slides 1. As a teen at Lakeside Prep School, Gates wrote his first computer program on a General Electric computer. It was a version of tic-tac-toe where you could play against the machine. CBS/YouTube Source:  Science Museum 2. Once his school discovered Gates' coding abilities, they let him write the school's computer program for scheduling students in classes. Gates slyly altered the code so he was placed in classes with a "disproportionate number of interesting girls....

21 Surprising Facts About Warren Buffett

From buying his first stock at age 11 to having his face on Cherry Coke cans in China, these Warren Buffett facts might surprise you. Often referred to as the “Oracle of Omaha” -- Nebraska native  Warren Buffett  is an investing legend, business magnate and philanthropist. When he was 11, Buffett already bought stock, and by 16 he had amassed more than $53,000 from various business ventures and  investments . From a young age, Buffett was bound for  success . Although, like anyone else, he faced setbacks. From being rejected at Harvard Business School to getting told he would fail by his father-in-law, hard work and resilience pushed Buffett towards success. Today, he’s recognized for his achievements and uses his money for the greater good. From using a Nokia flip phone to pledging 85 percent of his Berkshire Hathaway stocks to various charitable foundations, check out these 20 Warren Buffett facts that might surprise you. 1. He bought his first s...

Elon Musk's Neuralink Wants to Connect Our Brains to Computers

Not content with electric cars, launching rockets and trying to travel to Mars, Elon Musk also wants to add AI to our brains. Elon Musk is at it again this week with news of yet another business venture in yet another futuristic field of research. He's given us electric cars, a company dedicated to space exploration, is working on clean energy tech and is building a tunnel, but now he wants to connect our brains directly with computers. Musk's latest venture is called Neuralink. It's a medical research company whose technology is called "neural lace." Very few details are known, but according to  The Wall Street Journal , neural lace will allow individuals to directly communicate with a computer without the need for a physical interface.  Follow Elon Musk   ✔ @elonmusk Long Neuralink piece coming out on  @ waitbutwhy  in about a week. Difficult to dedicate the time, but existential risk is too high not to. 5:3...